Abstract Purpose of the Review Eating in response to negative emotions (EE) may be an
explanatory factor of the weight regain of many dieters. This narrative review presents …

Binge‐eating disorder (BED) and night‐eating syndrome (NES) are two forms of disordered
eating associated with overweight and obesity. While these disorders also occur in …

Stress and other negative emotions, such as depression and anxiety, can lead to both
decreased and increased food intake. The term 'emotional eating'has been widely used to …

Background Emotional eating (ie eating in response to negative emotions) has been
suggested to be one mechanism linking depression and subsequent development of …

Emotional eating, generally defined as (over)-eating in response to negative emotions, has
been associated with poor physical and psychological outcomes. During a time of …

Emotional eating has traditionally been defined as (over) eating in response to negative
emotions. Such overeating can impact general health because of excess energy intake and …

Purpose Emotional eating is a risk factor for eating pathology across the life-and weight-
span. Research demonstrates that negative emotions are a precipitant of emotional eating …

Research on emotional eating mostly focuses on negative emotions. Much less is known
about how positive emotions relate to overeating and binge eating (BE). The aim of the …

An important but unreplicated earlier finding on comfort eating was that the association
between food intake and immediate mood improvement appeared to be mediated by the …

Existing self-report questionnaires for the assessment of emotional eating do not
differentiate between specific types of emotions and between increased or decreased food …